Ocala Horse Auction - Day 5
On the first day of the auction, we purchased two horses - a colt by PUT IT BACK and a colt by HOLY BULL. We acquired 2 of the first 5 horses on auction, then watched 200 without placing a bid. GM Sean Gerson and Trainer Peter Miller decided that bidders were paying WAY too much [...]
Posted by The Godfather on March 20th, 2008 in Uncategorized with No Responses
Ocala Race Horse Auction - Days 3/4
Monday was our last opportunity to look at the 460 race horses going through the auction. Trainer Peter Miller, the hardest working man in the thoroughbred business, put in a 12 hour day examining two year colts and fillies for our team, Rising Stars 2008. As you may know, Peter picked us out 3 stakes [...]
Posted by The Godfather on March 18th, 2008 in Uncategorized with No Responses
Ocala, Florida - Day 1 and Day 2
Day one was spent in Tampa, Florida at Tampa Bay Downs. Sean Gerson, Peter Miller, Burt "Doc" Smith and I (along with a small posse) spent the day sweltering in the 90% Florida humidity with 25,000 of our closest friends. I was the youngest person at the track by 20 years.
We had to park in the swamp (literally), [...]
Posted by The Godfather on March 16th, 2008 in Racing with No Responses
Update from Snowy Oklhaoma (March 8, 2008)
Greetings from snowy Oklahoma! Two snowstorms in five days, however it melts off pretty quickly and we’ll be in the 70s the week March 10. Here is the very latest.
The House of Blues Dallas "Sit Down" was a huge success! We had 15 attendees, including two former NFL players, an Entrepreneur of the Year, several [...]